Lithium Hydroxide → HCID 66896668, compound

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A mixture of 0.450 mmol of 3-[7-(2-propoxy-3,5-diisopropylphenyl)-benzo[b]furan-2-yl]-but-2-enoic acid ethyl ester, 3 mL of THF, 3 mL of methanol and 1 mL of LiOH (2N aqueous) was refluxed for 2 hours. After cooling at room temperature, the mixture was acidified to pH=2 and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4 and after evaporation of the solvents, the crude acid was recrystallized from acetonitrile. 3-[7-(2-Propoxy-3,5-diisopropylphenyl)-benzo[b]furan-2-yl]-but-2-enoic acid was isolated as a white solid. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.55 (m, 2H, Ar—H), 7.54 (s, 1H, Ar—H), 7.28 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 1H, Ar—H), 7.10 (s, 1H, furan-H), 6.94 (s, 1H, Ar—H), 6.62 (s, 1H, C═C—H), 4.06 (q, J=6.9 Hz, 2H, O—CH2—CH3), 2.56 (s, 3H, C═C—CH3), 1.74 (s, 4H, ring-CH2), 1.37 (s, 6H, ring-CH3), 1.33 (s, 6H, ring-CH3), 1.27 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 3H, O—CH2—CH3).

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